1 HABIT ONE – BE PROACTIVE

Proactivity: means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Being proactive means recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.

Questions:

“What’s happening to us?” cause people more discouraged

“What’s going to happen in the future?” cause more depressed

“What is our response?” cause new spirit of excitement and hope, eager to get back to work

** How you speak and ask questions.

You can find a clue to whether you now have the proactive habit by looking at how you speak.

Do you find yourself using these expressions?

“That’s the way I am.” There’s nothing I can do about it.

“He makes me so mad!” My emotional life is outside my control.

“I have to do it.” I’m not free to choose my own actions.

As you become more proactive, you will make mistakes. While we choose our actions freely, we cannot choose their consequences - which are governed by natural law, out in our circle of concern.

Solution:

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct it, and learn from it. To delay, to deny the mistake, is to miss its lesson. “Success,” said IBM founder T.J. Watson Sr., “is on the far side of failure.”

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